Honey-extractor.



No. 875,086. PATENTED DEC. 31, 1907. 0. G. LUFT.

HONEY EXTRAGTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22,1906.

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CHRISTIAN G. LUFT, OF FOREST, OHIO.

HONEY-EXTRACTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 81, 1907.

Application filed May 22. 1906; Serial No. 318,200.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN G. LUFT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Forest, in the county of Hardin and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic ReversibleHoney-Extractors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the art of extracting honey from honey combs,and has specially in view certain practical improvements in that type ofhoney extractors embodying means for reversing the comb hold ing basketsor frames while the extractor is in motion. In this connection, theinven tion has specially in view an improvement upon the reversiblehoney extractors having the operation of the machine disclosed in thepatent to F. G. Marbach, No. 787,104, dated April 11, 1905.

In the type of honey extractor disclosed in the patent above referredto, there can be only one reversal of the comb-baskets without stoppingthe extractor, and furthermore, in the said patented construction thecombbaskets must be in a definite position relative to the rotation oftheir support before reversal can take place. In the light of this 0eration of the said patented construction of honey extractor, thepresent invention contemplates improved means for reversing thecomb-baskets back and forth any number of times without stopping theextractor or reversing its motive power, and for allowing the directionof rotation of the motive power to be either direct or reverse as may beconvenient.

Further objects of the invention are to better adapt a honey extractor,of the said patented type, to the use of a non-reversing motive power,and to avoid the necessity of having to place the comb-baskets in acertain relation position to effect reversal. Also, the inventionprovides means to prevent, in part at least, the baskets from slammingwhen reversed.

With these and many other objects in view which will more readily appearas the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consistsin the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of partshereinafter more fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

The essential features of the invention involved in carrying out theobjects above indicated are necessarily susceptible to structural changewithout departing from the scope of the invention, but a preferredembodiment of the latter is shown in the accompanying drawings, inwhich,

Figure 1 is a sectional view partly in elevation of a two basket or twoframe honey extractor equipped with the improvements contemplated by thepresent invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, the line ofsection being indicated by the line 2*2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlargeddetail sectional view of the duplex reversing mechanism. Fig. 4 is anenlarged detail sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is adetail to plan view of the central portion of the osci latorylever-actuator.

In carrying out the present invention, no special change is contemplatedor required in the general features of the type of honey extractordisclosed in the said patent to Marbach, No. 787,104, so forillustrative purposes there is shown in the drawings the said patentedtype of reversible honey extractor equipped with the herein describednovel improvements.

Referring to the illustrative embodiment of the invention in thedrawings, the numeral 1 designates an upright container case designed toaccommodate and support the working parts of the mechanism, and tocollect the honey extracted from the honeycombs. The said container case1 is illustrated as being provided at the apex of its conical bottom 2with a central bearing step 3 in which is stepped the lower journal stud4 of an upright revoluble carrier frame 5. This carrier frame is of thesame type of construction as disclosed in the patent referred to, thesame being of a skeleton formation and provided with the upper and lowertransverse frame bars 6. and 7 respectively,

which provide for the pro or pivotal support of the swinging reversib ecomb-baskets or frames 8. These comb-baskets or frames 8 are of theusual foraminous or perforated construction and have fitted to the upperand lower corners of one side thereof, the upper and lower pivot members9 and 10 which are respectively fitted in or on the upper and lowerframe bars 6 and 7, thereby permitting the individual comb-baskets 8 tofreely swing to either side of their pivots, irrespective of thedirection or path of rotation of the carrier frame 5.

To provide for the complete pivotal sup= port of the revoluble orrotatable carrier frame 5, the latter has fitted centrally to the upperbar 6 thereof, the upper driving journal spindle 11 having a bearingmounting, as at 12, in the center of the top cross brace 13 for the caseor tub 1, and provided at its tip-*- per extremity with a driven pinion14 meshing with a beveled driving gear 15 carried at the inner end ofthe drive shaft 16. This drive shaft is journaled in suitable bearingsupports 17 arranged on the top cross brace 13, and, has fitted to theouter extremity thereof, an operating handle or crank 18 which. ismanipulated to provide for rotating the carrier frame within the case.

In carrying out the present invention, any desired number ofcomb-baskets 8 can be employed, but for illustrative purposes there isshown in the drawings what is known as a two basket or two frameextractor, and the upper pivot member or stud 9 of each basket 8 isequipped with a partial gear pinion. 19 which is designed to mesh with aswinging gear segment 20 carried on the flanged heel 21 of ahorizontally swinging reversing lever 22 pivotally supportedintermediate its ends, as at 23, upon the upper side of the upper framebar 6. The inner end portion of each reversing lever 22 islongitudinally slotted, as. at 24, for engagement by the connecting pin25 carried by an oscillatory lever actuator 26.

In the two basket or two frame type of extractor, as shown in thedrawings, the ac tuator 26 is in the form of a cross arm loosely mountedupon the upper journal spindle 11 for the carrier frame, and is providedwith an upstanding brake hub 27 in the base of which is formed a shortsection or segment of teeth 28. The toothed segment 28 of the actuator26 is adapted to mesh with a transmitting pinion 29 interposed betweenthe brake hub bands 34 and 35.

Jthe shaft or shaft drum 38 at one side of the mitting pinion 29.

supported by the top cross brace 13 and carrying upon its outer end abrake lever 37. The inner end of said shaft 36 is provided with a drumor cylindrical enlargement 38 to which are respectively secured inreversed relation, the terminals of the separate brake As plainly shownin Fig.

4 of the drawings, this arrangement involves attaching both ends of onebrake band to axis of the latter, and attaching the ends of the otherband on said drum at the opposite side of the axis of the shaft. Hence,when the shaft, 36, is rocked in one direction, one of the brake bandsloosens, and the other tightens, and when rocked in the oppositedirection the reverse operation takes place, as will be readilyobserved.

To operate the herein described extractor, the carrier frame 5 is set inmotion in either direction, back to the original position withoutstopping the machine, it is simply necessary, by the present invention,to tighten the upper band for the upper brake member 30, therebytransmitting a reverse motion to the members 26-27 through the trans- Itwill be obvious that by first applying one of the brakes and then theother, the intervening transmitting pinion 29 secures a thoroughreversal of the comb-basket without stopping the extractor or reversingits motive power.

To prevent breaking the honeycombs or to secure better equilibrium, itmay be desirable at times to reverse the baskets more 100 than once inextracting a set of combs, and to do so without stopping the extractorsaves considerable time and power. Also, this invention avoids thenecessity of having to place the baskets in the regular position 105before reversal.

I claim:

1. In a honey extractor, the

combination 27 and the supplemental brake disk 30 which of a revolublecarrier frame, pivotal comb- 45 is of a cup formation. and is provided.in the base portion thereof with a short toothed segment 31 hearingcomplemental relation to the toothed segment 28, and also having meshingtherewith the pinion 29. The said pinion 29 is journaled on a stubspindle 32 carried by a shaft collar 33 fast on the upper drivingjournal 4 of the carrier frame 5. The cupped members 27 and 30 arearranged in matching relation to house the pinion 29 therein, and thesaid members are designed to be embraced by separate brake bands 34 and35 respectively.

Various expedients may be resorted to for tightening and loosening thebrake bands 34 and 35, whereby one band is tightened simultaneously withthe loosening of the other, but a simple and practical means foraccomplishing this result is shown in the drawings. This means consistsin employ- 5 ing a short controlling rock shaft 36 suitably basketscarried thereby, and a reversing 1:10 mechanism having a pair ofintergeared brake members arranged to transfer motion from one to theother, and reversing connections between one of said brake members andthe baskets, and means for separately braking the brake members.

2. In a honey extractor, the combination: with a revoluble carrier framehaving a driving journal, and pivotal comb-baskets carried by saidframe, of a reversing mechanism comprising a pair of complemental brakemembers mounted on said driving journal and having toothed. surfaces, atransmitting pinion having a fixed. support on the driving journal andinterposed between and meshing with said separate brake members, aseparate brake band for each of said brake members, and a controllingshaft carrying. a brake lever and having reversed connectionsrespectively with the separate brake bands whereby a movement of theshaft in one direction simultaneously tightens one band and loosens theother.

3. A centrifugal honey extractor comprising a revoluble frame, pivotalcomb-baskets carried thereby, reversing mechanism for said comb-baskets,said reversing mechanism comprising hub members connected to one anotherso as to have an opposite rotation, one of said hub members having aconnection with the comb-baskets, a reversing lever, and connectionsbetween said reversing lever and the said hub members, the saidconnections being so arranged whereby a movement of the reversing levercauses a 15 CHRISTIAN G. LUFT.

Witnesses:

W. S. HEMFRY, E. H. CooK.

